1962 · 479 — New York, 1962, United Nations. First and only edition. In-4, 225 x 295 mm, 169 pp. One the 820 copies bound in cloth. Comes with a protective slipcase. Hardbound with Bradel-style hinges, turquoise cloth, gilded title on the spine. The cover panel features the UN logo and book title in gold above and below a stylized drawing of the front view of the library building. Navy blue endpapers. Black and white portrait of Dag Hammarskjold in frontispiece. Numerous black and white and color pictures throughout. Text printed on two columns. With forewords by U. Thant, then UN secretary-general, and Andrew W. Cordier, under-secretary. Five chapters: 1. Proceedings of the 14th Session of the General Assembly about the Ford Foundation Gift, 2. Proceedings of the 16th Session of the General Assembly about the naming of the library, 3. Dediication of the Dag Hammarskjold Library, 4. The Library Symposium, 5. The Library Building. This library was made possible by a $6.2 million gift by the Ford Foundation in 1959. The building, a modern-style construction, was designed to host over 400.000 books with ample space. This UN Library was named in honor of Dag Hammarskjold (not to be confused with Ragnar Danneskjold!), late secretary of the United Nations. This book was the honorary publication of the UN celebrating the opening of the library. It was NOT sold to bookshops or resellers, only given to various UN members and public libraries worldwide and finding a copy for sale is a rare event.
